| Main Entry: | uncover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal, disclose |
Synonyms: |
bare, betray, break, bring to light, crack, denude, dig up, discover, display, divulge, expose, give away, hit upon, lay bare, lay open, leak, make known, open, open up, show, strike, strip, stumble on, subject, tap, tell, tip one's hand, unclothe, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap |
Antonyms: |
conceal, cover, hide, suppress |
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
Synonyms: |
accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
Antonyms: |
confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
| Main Entry: | advertise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, circularize, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, get on soapbox for, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, make a pitch, make known, notify, pitch, plug, press agent, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff, push, put on the map, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask |
Antonyms: |
hide, keep secret |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
Synonyms: |
disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, publish, show, uncover, unroll, unveil |
Antonyms: |
cloak, hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge, expose information |
Synonyms: |
blurt out, dime, disclose, evince, fink on, give away, inform, lay bare, let slip, make known, manifest, rat on, reveal, show, sing*, snitch, spill, squeal, stool, tattle, tell, tell on, turn in, uncover, unmask |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, hide, keep secret |
| Main Entry: | come across |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encounter, find |
Synonyms: |
bump into, chance upon, discover, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet, notice, stumble upon, uncover, unearth |
| Main Entry: | come up with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, create |
Synonyms: |
advance, bring forth, compose, detect, discover, find, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, stumble upon, submit, uncover |
| Main Entry: | denude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strip |
Synonyms: |
bare, disrobe, expose, fleece, lay bare, peel, uncover, undress |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify, make clear |
Synonyms: |
analyze, catalog, circumstantiate, communicate, delineate, depict, describe, designate, elaborate, embellish, enumerate, epitomize, exhibit, fly speck, get down to brass tacks, individualize, itemize, lay out, narrate, particularize, portray, produce, quote chapter and verse, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, set forth, show, specialize, spell out, spread, stipulate, summarize, sweat details, tell, uncover |
Antonyms: |
hide, misrepresent, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | detect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover |
Synonyms: |
ascertain, catch, descry, dig up, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, hit on, hit upon, identify, meet, meet with, nose out, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, smell out, smoke out, spot, stumble on, track down, tumble into, turn up, uncover, unmask, wise up to |
Antonyms: |
miss, not see, overlook, pass by |